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縮瞳 (しゅくどう, shukudou) Japanese meaning: miosis | Kotomora

縮しゅく瞳どう

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Meanings

1

miosis; myosis

Medical term for constriction of the pupil. Antonym: 散瞳 (mydriasis).

Antonyms: 散瞳

縮しゅく瞳どうは、明あかるい場ば所しょで自し然ぜんに起おこる反はん応のうです。

Kanji

縮shrink, contract, shrivel
瞳pupil (of eye)

Related words

散さん瞳どう
Antonym; 散瞳 means mydriasis (pupil dilation), while 縮瞳 means miosis (pupil constriction).

Opposites

散さん瞳どう
mydriasis; pupil dilation

Miosis is a response that occurs naturally in bright places.

医い師しは患かん者じゃの縮しゅく瞳どうの程てい度どを観かん察さつした。

The doctor observed the degree of the patient's miosis.

Etymology

Compound of 縮 (shuku, 'shrink') and 瞳 (dō, 'pupil'), directly describing the constriction of the pupil.